Around the Mission: 11/17 Padres Links

by jbox on Nov 17, 2009 8:53 PM PST

XX Sports Radio: Tom Garfinkel Interview (MP3)
Garfinkel likes to quote old movies. Jed Hoyer has the final say on any Gonzalez trade. The Padres won't shop Gonzalez but they will listen to offers. Garfinkel dated a girl from Nicaragua at one point. He's become a Chargers fan. "At the end of the day... autonomy... moving forward... etc."
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former Padres national crosschecker Scott Littlefield has joined the Rangers as a special assistant in baseball operations
Inbox: Will Correia return to Padres? | padres.com: News
In the latest Inbox, beat reporter Corey Brock looks at Kevin Correia's status, whether Joe Thatcher should be traded, what the new GM might do at catcher and more.
Multi-team trade for Gonzalez a tough task | padres.com: News
Trying to trade a burgeoning superstar -- like Adrian Gonzalez -- is never an easy proposition for a team, and attempting to do so within the framework of a multi-team deal figures to be an even thornier plan.
Should the Padres trade Kevin Kouzmanoff? " Another Padres Blog
I think the answer is yes, and it is largely due to factors not really about Kouzmanoff.
Who's your Padre?: A Padres primer for arbitration ...
My guess? None of these guys make it to arbitration and deals get done before the start of Spring Training.
Padres general manager Jed Hoyer basks in opportunity in San Diego - ESPN
Recently hired Padres general manager Jed Hoyer is now the leading man in San Diego after spending the last several years in the background in Boston.

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sorry girlz

kouz is gone

Big kid tested, mother fucker approved

by CurbEnthusiasm on Nov 17, 2009 11:23 PM PST reply actions

"largely due to factors not really about Kouzmanoff"

Well, I can think of at least one factor that IS about Kouzmanoff that merits trading him: he’s not that good.

by parvulesco on Nov 18, 2009 7:18 AM PST reply actions

or..

That he is terrible the first 2 months of the season…

by mofle619 on Nov 18, 2009 12:01 PM PST via mobile up reply actions

not his fault

it was the stupid Romans that put those two months into the calendar.

"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"

by Ron Mexico on Nov 18, 2009 2:37 PM PST reply actions

Corey Brock revealed on 1360 last night that KT told him toward the end of the season

that there was very little interest in Kouz from other GM’s.

Not that that should shock anyone.

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by theodore donald kerabatsos on Nov 19, 2009 9:06 AM PST reply actions

That is probably why

he hasn’t been traded already. They have probably been trying to get rid of him ever since Headley was brought up.

by strummer on Nov 19, 2009 10:18 AM PST up reply actions

A .300 OBP

will do that to you.

by Grey Suit on Nov 19, 2009 10:38 AM PST up reply actions

No interest in a gold glover!?!

by Dex on Nov 19, 2009 11:01 AM PST up reply actions

perhaps because you printed he's a

national crossdresser, or did I read that wrong, it’s some other guy

"If and when Gaslampball ‘proclaims’ from the mountaintop, we follow blindly. That’s just how it works around here."

by ABY on Nov 19, 2009 1:03 PM PST up reply actions

I wouldn't expect much interest in Kouzmanoff

because he basically sucks. But so does Casey Blake, and the Dodgers gave up much-heralded prospect Carlos Santana (and Jon Meloan) for him (with Cleveland picking up most of Blake’s salary). So you never know what a dumb GM in the Colletti/Sabean mold might do. And then there’s Dayton Moore.

by parvulesco on Nov 19, 2009 1:19 PM PST reply actions

Carlos Santana the guitar player??

.400 in '94

by SDPads_1 on Nov 19, 2009 3:18 PM PST up reply actions

Yes

Can you believe they only got Casey Blake in return for a legendary guitarist?!

by parvulesco on Nov 20, 2009 6:58 AM PST up reply actions

I blame inflation

due to the Latin Grammy’s.

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by Axion on Nov 20, 2009 9:25 AM PST up reply actions

Blake is better

He’s bested Kouz’s career high in slugging percentage and on base percentage 5 times in his career and batting average 3 times all in the last 6 seasons (all of which were after age 30). He can also play all the corner positions. There is no question who the better player is.

Wisdom can not be cultivated through ignorance of information.

by Wonko on Nov 20, 2009 9:50 PM PST up reply actions